πρόγονος

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See also: προγονός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προγίγνομαι (progígnomai) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πρόγονος • (prógonos) m (genitive προγόνου); second declension (Attic, Doric, Ionic)

  1. forefather, ancestor
  2. progenitor
    Synonym: γεννήτωρ (gennḗtōr)
  3. founder

Declension

Second declension of ὁ πρόγονος; τοῦ προγόνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ πρόγονος
ho prógonos 		τὼ προγόνω
tṑ progónō 		οἱ πρόγονοι
hoi prógonoi
Genitive τοῦ προγόνου
toû progónou 		τοῖν προγόνοιν
toîn progónoin 		τῶν προγόνων
tôn progónōn
Dative τῷ προγόνῳ
tôi progónōi 		τοῖν προγόνοιν
toîn progónoin 		τοῖς προγόνοις
toîs progónois
Accusative τὸν πρόγονον
tòn prógonon 		τὼ προγόνω
tṑ progónō 		τοὺς προγόνους
toùs progónous
Vocative πρόγονε
prógone 		προγόνω
progónō 		πρόγονοι
prógonoi
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Greek

Noun

πρόγονος • (prógonos) m (plural πρόγονοι)

  1. ancestor

Declension

Declension of πρόγονος
singular plural
nominative πρόγονος (prógonos) πρόγονοι (prógonoi)
genitive προγόνου (progónou) προγόνων (progónon)
accusative πρόγονο (prógono) προγόνους (progónous)
vocative πρόγονε (prógone) πρόγονοι (prógonoi)
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